Astronauts

Almost Blind and Completely Exhausted: Gene Cernan’s Disastrous Gemini Spacewalk
Space history curator Michael Neufeld recounts the harrowing spacewalk of astronaut Gene Cernan on the Gemini IX-A mission.
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Eugene Cernan is pictured here outside of the Gemini IX-A spacecraft during his extravehicular activity (EVA)

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Fri, Jan 27 2017
Learning from Tragedy: Apollo 1 Fire
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Image of a spacecraft hatch against a green background.
Tue, Jan 24 2017
Studying Long-Duration Human Spaceflight
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Mir Cosmonaut Views <em>Discovery</em>
Thu, Jan 19 2017
Remembering A Hero for the Ages
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Two men pose in front of space shuttle.
Tue, Jan 17 2017
Remembering Capt. Eugene Cernan
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View of Gene Cernan in Flight during the Apollo 17 Mission
Wed, Jan 04 2017
Examining the SLS Rocket with Astronaut Christina Koch
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Artist rendering of SLS rocket at launch in the clouds.
Tue, Dec 27 2016
Remembering Piers J. Sellers, Scientist and Astronaut
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Piers Sellers
Fri, Dec 09 2016
Remembering My Friend and Hero John Glenn
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Senator John Glenn and General J.R. Dailey
Fri, Nov 04 2016
Your Captions: Incoming Call
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Alan Shepard with Telephone
Fri, Oct 07 2016
A Quick History of Launch Escape Systems
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Colorful depiction of Apollo Launch Escape with Earth in background.
Tue, Sep 20 2016
Interview with Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
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Michael Collins (left) and Beth Wilson (right) sit in front of the Command Module Columbia.

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